Tuesday, July 18, 2023

The Quite Incredible Number List: 5701-5800

5701: 5701 is an event venue in Gainesville, Florida. Sounds good but they can't spell "parties". (Big Martin)
5702: A total of 5702 people were resettled in the UK in the year ending June 2018, according to Government immigration statistics. (GuyBarry)
5703: Warszawa. Annee 5703 is a French film about a young couple fleeing the fall of the Warsaw Ghetto. (Big Martin)
5704: The Quota System (also known as The Quod), introduced by Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger in 1795, required each English county to provide a quota of men for the Royal Navy, based on its population and the number of its seaports: London, for example, had to provide 5704 quotamen while Yorkshire had to provide 1081. (GuyBarry)
5705: 5.7.0.5 is a song by the group City Boy from 1978. (Big Martin)
5706: In 2012, the consumer organization Which? found that social news site Reddit's user agreement and privacy policy were together 5706 words long - the same as reading Grimms' fairy tales Cinderella and Hansel & Gretel one after another. (GuyBarry)
5707: Here is some YouTube footage of the 5707 Katihar (not Kathiar as it says) - Amritsar express train. (Big Martin)
5708: As of 2014, 1 in 5708 of Finnish residents had the surname Pulliainen. (GuyBarry)
5709: A paper on "the health of Scotland's 5,709 people with autism and intellectual disabilities" is available on the University of Glasgow website. (Big Martin)
5710: 5710 = 1 + (2 x 11) + (3 x 112) + (4 x 113). (GuyBarry)
5711: Chronext have got a Patek Phillippe Nautilus 5711 watch on sale for a mere £46,350. (Big Martin)
5712: In 2015, Project Everyone co-created Tell Everybody, Africa's first ever crowdsourced song. During the two-week competition, 5712 people from 24 African countries submitted lyrics via text. The winners received a $500 prize each and songwriting credit. (GuyBarry)
5713: The Hampshire Amphibian and Reptile Recording Network had 5713 positive records for slow-worm for between 2006 and 2016. (Ed.)
5714: Nolan Ryan has the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. During a record 27-year career, he struck out 5714 batters. (GuyBarry)
5715: In 2013 students at Wilton Focus School raised £5,715 for the Mercy Ships charity. (Big Martin)
5716: The winner of the International Game Fishing Association's 2014-5 Great Marlin Race was a black marlin caught and tagged off Lizard Island, Australia. 180 days later, it had swum 5716 nautical miles and nearly reached South America. (GuyBarry)
5717: The Statesman's Year Book 1970-71 reveals that in 1968 Finland had 5,717 kilometres of railways. (Big Martin)
5718: There are 5718 partitions of 54 into distinct parts (e.g. 50+3+1); there are also 5718 partitions of 54 into odd parts (e.g. 49+3+1+1). (It has been proved by Euler that the number of partitions of n into distinct parts is always equal to the number of partitions of n into odd parts.) (GuyBarry)
5719: Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 collided with trees approaching Chisholm-Hibbing Airport in Minnesota on December 1 1993, killing all 18 people on board. (Big Martin)
5720: The melting point of titanium carbide is 5720 degrees Fahrenheit. (GuyBarry)
5721: Art.IWMART5721.jpg is a painting of the Loss of HMS Pathfinder, September 5th 1914. (Big Martin)
5722: The average depth of the Bay of Biscay is 5722 feet. (GuyBarry)
5723: The Flora of Zimbabwe record 5723 is for Uapaca kirkiana. (Big Martin)
5724: Research by the Liberal Democrats published at the start of 2018 showed that there were more than 216,000 homes across the country which had been empty for six months or more. Durham had the most empty homes (6500) followed by Leeds with 5724. (GuyBarry)
5725: Mount Christmas is a 5,725 feet high peak in the Nash Range in Antarctica. (Big Martin)
5726: There were 5726 business start-ups in the West Midlands in August 2022. (Ed.)
5727: Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Q class 4-4-0 locomotive 131 was built by Neilson Reid in Glasgow in 1901 and was their works number 5727. It has now been restored by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland at their Whitehead Railway Museum. (Big Martin)
5728: This Dumbo Octopus was imaged by the Canadian robotic vehicle ROPOS at a depth of 5728 feet. (GuyBarry)
5729: With an elevation of 5,729 feet, Mount Rogers is the highest point in Virginia. (Big Martin)
5730: The half-life of carbon-14 is approximately 5730 years (to within about 40 years each way). After 5730 years half the carbon-14 in any organic material will have changed to nitrogen, and so half the original amount will be left; after a further 5730 years only one-quarter of the original amount will be left; after a further 5730 only one-eighth of the original amount will be left; and so on. This is the principle behind radiocarbon dating. (GuyBarry)
5731: Registered design 5731 was taken out in 1843 by G H Baylis on an earthenware plate. (Big Martin)
5732: The Belgian village of Baarle-Hertog lies a few kilometres inside the border with the Netherlands, and is known for its complicated system of borders with the Dutch village of Baarle-Nassau. After the independence of Belgium in 1831, the border between Belgium and the Netherlands had to be determined by a border commission. In the area around Baarle, this patchwork of parcels was so complex that it proved impossible to come to a definitive agreement. Between border posts 214 and 215, instead of a fixed border, each of 5732 pockets of land had their nationality laid down separately. (GuyBarry)
5733: 5733 is the model number for an Invicta watch. (Awitt)
5734: The Portable Antiques Scheme unique ID SF5734 is a medieval folding balance discovered in Suffolk in 2001 and recorded by Dr Helen Geake of Time Team fame. (Big Martin)
5735: In 2018, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust reported that 5735 of the island's 144,720 residents were affected by both anxiety and depression. (GuyBarry)
5736: According to reliablebiblecodes.com the year 5736 (1976) marks the beginning of the preparations for the Messianic Era. (Big Martin)
5737: "There's nothing better than this to help our food down - on April 3rd 5737, or however it can be put." A quote from Her Victory, a novel by Alan Sillitoe originally published in 1982. (GuyBarry)
5738: The total seating in the 6 performance venues at the Sydney Opera House is 5,738. (Big Martin)
5739: 5739 is the sum of squares of three consecutive primes: 412 + 432 + 472. (GuyBarry)
5740: According to BuzzFeed News 5,740 people died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria as opposed to the official figure of 64. (Big Martin)
5741: Duck, the Great Western Engine appeared in the Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry as number 8, but since the Fat Controller had been apprenticed at GWR's Swindon Works, he allowed Duck to return to his original Great Western Railway livery, and retain his number 5741. (GuyBarry)
5742: 5,742 Days: A Mother's Journey Through Loss is a book by Anne-Marie Cockburn. (Big Martin)
5743: The final of the 1975-76 Yorkshire Cup, a competition between local rugby league teams, was won 15-11 by Leeds over Hull Kingston Rovers. The attendance was 5743. (GuyBarry)
5744: A 2018 article in luxurious magazine was on the rise in private school fees to £5,744 a term. (Big Martin)
5745: 5745 = (1x2) + (3x4) + (5x6) + (7x8) + (9x10) + (11x12) + (13x14) + (15x16) + (17x18) + (19x20) + (21x22) + (23x24) + (25x26) + (27x28) + (29x30) + (31x32) + 33 (OEIS). (GuyBarry)
5746: During the "season" from week 37 in 2014 to week 10 in 2015, a Public Health England report noted 5,746 reported cases of scarlet fever. (Big Martin)
5747: It was reported last month that China's railway police had arrested 5747 suspected ticket scalpers during the 40-day travel rush for the Spring Festival holiday. (GuyBarry)
5748: 5748 km is a song by Lisa LeBlanc. (Big Martin)
5749: Roadways in Kuwait extend up to 5749 km, of which 4887 km is paved. (GuyBarry)
5750: 5750 Components Ltd is a laser cutting company in Merseyside. (Big Martin)
5751: 5751 is the designation for a low-voltage, low-noise avionics vacuum tube popular as a pre-amplification tube in guitar amplifiers. (GuyBarry)
5752: In 2012 the BBC reported that there were more than 87,000 racist incidents recorded in schools between 2007 and 2011. Birmingham had the highest number of incidents, at 5,752. (Big Martin)
5753: It Keeps Rainin', recorded by Fats Domino in 1961, was released in the US on Imperial 5753. (GuyBarry)
5754: 5754 aluminium alloy is an alloy in the wrought aluminium-magnesium family. (Big Martin)
5755: The area of Kazachinsky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia is 5755 square kilometres (or, rather neatly, 2222 square miles). (GuyBarry)
5756: Stella Point on the crater rim of Mount Kilimanjaro is at an elevation of 5,756 metres. (Big Martin)
5757: Bridge No. 5757 is a bridge on Minnesota State Highway 23 in Duluth, Minnesota, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (GuyBarry)
5758: Revell plastic kit 5758 is a 1/225 scale model of HMS Victory. (Big Martin)
5759: The Indian Road Transport and Highways Ministry built 5759 km of national highways up to November of the financial year 2018-19. (GuyBarry)
5760: Branch 5760 of the U S Naval Research Laboratory Tactical Electronics Warfare Division specialises in integrated electronic warfare simulation. (Big Martin)
5761: Create a grid of overlapping circles in the following fashion:
(i) Start with two circles of radius s with centres at the ends of a straight line of length s.
(ii) At each subsequent step, draw circles by placing centres at the intersection points of the circumferences of circles in the previous iteration, with overlaps forbidden.
This is known as the Flower of Life pattern, and the first few steps in the sequence are illustrated here, with the number of "petals" indicated at each stage. After 44 iterations of the process there are 5761 petals. (GuyBarry)
5762: The Jewish year 5762 ran from 17 September 2001 to 6 September 2002. (Awitt)
5763: During 2018, the British distribution company Trafalgar Releasing brought concert, theatre, opera, ballet, film and live events to over 3 million people in 5763 cinemas across 93 countries. (GuyBarry)
5764: Ex-GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank locomotive 5764 was built at Swindon in 1929 and is now on display in the Engine House at the Severn Valley Railway. (Big Martin)
5765: The 2016 Witney by-election was caused by the resignation of David Cameron as an MP, a few months after he had stood down as Prime Minister. The Tories held the seat despite a 19.3% swing to the Liberal Democrats, and Labour came third with 5765 votes. (GuyBarry)
5766: According to The Big Noisy Book of Trains it is 5,766 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok on the Trans-Siberian Express. (Big Martin)
5767: 5767.co.uk is the website of Cordial Recordings, a London-based company specializing in soul, funk, jazz and disco music. Not sure of the significance of the URL. (GuyBarry)
5768: Bulleid coach 5768 has recently returned to operation on the Bluebell Railway. (Big Martin)
5769: Birkat Hachama ("Blessing of the Sun") refers to a rare Jewish blessing that is recited to the Creator, thanking Him for creating the sun. The blessing is recited when the sun completes its cycle every 28 years on a Tuesday at sundown. The last time that it was recited was on April 8, 2009, or 14 Nisan 5769 in the Hebrew calendar. (GuyBarry)
5770: For Fun Alaska amusement park is at 5770 College Drive, Anchorage. (Big Martin)
5771: 5771 people took part in the Lip Dub for the Independence of Catalonia on October 24, 2010 in the town of Vic, to the music of La Flama by the Valencian band Obrint Pas. At the time this was a record for the greatest number of people taking part in a lip dub, though it has since been surpassed by the 9300 people who took part on May 31, 2012 in Lindsay, Ontario. (GuyBarry)
5772: 5772 is an album by a band called Sleepwalker. (Big Martin)
5773: 10,000 divided by the square root of 3 equals 5773.50269... (GuyBarry)
5774: Sidney in Delaware County, New York had a population of 5,774 at the 2010 census. (Big Martin)
5775: ISO 5775 is an international standard for labelling the size of bicycle tyres and rims. (GuyBarry)
5776: The square of 5776 is 33362176 and the square root is 76. Odd that all three numbers end in 76! (Big Martin)
5777: The sun's photosphere - its outer shell from which light is radiated - has an effective temperature of 5777 kelvin. (GuyBarry)
5778: The altitudinal range of the Ecuadorian Hillstar hummingbird (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) is from 2,097 up to 5,778 metres. (Big Martin)
5779: Cookham in Berkshire had a population of 5779 at the 2011 census. (GuyBarry)
5780: The Reese 5780 Trailer Tongue Weight Scale measures trailer tongue weights up to 2,000 pounds. (Big Martin)
5781: 5781 is the 20th centred tetrahedral number (defined here). (GuyBarry)
5782: Harley manuscript 5782 Synaxarion (Lives of the Saints) from the 1360s. (Big Martin)
5783: The age of the most recent common ancestor of the bacterium Yersinia pestis - which spreads plague - is estimated at 5783 years before present. (GuyBarry)
5784: In 2001 the population of Walney South (one of the two wards on the island of Walney in Barrow-in-Furness) stood at 5,784. (Big Martin)
5785: SOS phone 5785B is on the anticlockwise carriageway of the M25 between junctions 30 and 29, the A13 and A127 in sunny Essex. (tetsabb)
5786: The national Turkish motorway network, called the Otoyol, is expected to expand to 5786 miles by 2035. (GuyBarry)
5787: The London Borough of Barnet paybyphone parking installation 5787 is on Golders Green Road. (Big Martin)
5788: In the final runoff for the 1996 US Senate election in Louisiana, the Democrat Mary Landrieu beat the Republican Woody Jenkins by just 5788 votes out of the 1.7 million cast. Jenkins refused to concede and claimed massive election fraud by the Democratic organization in New Orleans, which became the subject of an investigation by the Senate Rules Committee. However, a month into the investigation, it emerged that a detective hired by Jenkins had coached witnesses to claim that they had participated in election fraud, and that three witnesses had been paid to claim that they had cast multiple votes or driven vans of illegal voters across town. The Democrats walked out of the investigation in protest. It continued for over ten months but eventually concluded that there were no electoral irregularities serious enough to warrant a new election. (GuyBarry)
5789: Registration 5789 AH is carried by a Bristol/Eastern Coach Works bus built in 1959 and now in the Eastern Transport Collection in Norwich. (Big Martin)
5790: A trail cut into solid rock in 1926 leads to the top of Angels Landing in southwestern Utah, providing views of Zion Canyon. Chains to grip are provided for portions of the last half-mile to the top at 5790 feet. (GuyBarry)
5791: Royal Museums Greenwich print f5791 is of a model of a 60-gun ship from the mid C18th. (Big Martin)
5792: Written in binary notation, the square root of 2 is 1.011010100000... . Since 1011010100000 is the binary representation of 5792, and 212 = 4096, this means that the fraction 5792/4096 (or in lowest terms, 181/128) can be used as a reasonable approximation to the square root of 2. (GuyBarry)
5793: The phone number of the gynaecology day unit at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol is 0117 342 5793. (Big Martin)
5794: Nailsworth in Gloucestershire had a population of 5794 in 2011. It's known for being home to Forest Green Rovers, the smallest settlement ever to host an English Football League team. Their stadium capacity is 5141 - nearly 89% of the town's population! (GuyBarry)
5795: The 5795 Challenge was a running event in Glossop for the Winnie Mabaso Foundation - the name coming from the Air Mile distance from Manchester to Johannesburg. (Big Martin)
5796: As of 2017, there were 5796 persons of Moroccan origin living in Norway. (GuyBarry)
5797: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 5,797 war dead records relating to Malta. (Big Martin)
5798: 5798 is the 11th Motzkin number. Motzkin numbers have applications in at least fourteen different areas of mathematics; for instance there are 5798 ways to draw non-intersecting chords between 11 points on a circle. (GuyBarry)
5799: In 1776/7 Kent had 132 workhouses, taking 5,799 people. (Big Martin)
5800: In April 2019 Tunisian customs officers thwarted an attempt to smuggle 5800 psychotropic tablets to Algeria. (GuyBarry)

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